4.0
Oct 21, 2021
Current employee
Lewiston, ME
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Through recessions (2008) and most recently COVID, Bates actively chose to not have layoffs or furloughs. This is a theme for Bates - it values and looks to care for employees.
Cons
Small endowment, tuition dependent. There's a culture of "why can't we do what X or Y college does" when those colleges have 3 to 5 times our endowment, and the employees who promote that culture seem to sit out the financial town-halls that explain how are resources are constrained by the marketplace and tuition pressure. Also, as with all institutions, there are departments that aren't as good to work for as others. Avoid those, and Bates is fantastic.